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Mission in mali. an unidentified group launched a mortar attack early in the morning. no one has claimed responsibility at this stage. we will of course continue to bring you the latest on that as soon as we learn more. pope francis celebrated mass at a shrine dedicated to ugandan martyrs near kampala, uganda. ♪ he paid homage to christians executed more than 100 years ago for refusing to denounce their faith. it's estimated that hundreds of thousands of people attended the mass. cnn's delia gallagher is in cam pallal with more on the pope -- kampala with more on the pope's activities and ...

>> right. martha: for these 50 people who will be sent in. when you look what happened to major sergeant joshua wheeler in iraq where we also had no boots on the ground and nobody fighting with front line forces. then we were told, oh, absolutely they're in combat. how do you square that? >> you don't and the other thing that this does, and as a military guy still serving in the guard, it is kind of offensive to me, it takes away to an extent the service that people are really performing. we have 3,000 troops in iraq, right now, all in harm's way, whether a mortar attack or maybe an attack on ...

Work and that's when the second round hit. that's when i saw bub go down about right here. i wasn't sure if he was hit or if he was just taking cover and then i turned back and again tried to engage and get my hand to come up and a third round hit in the same vicinity, and at that point, i mean, i just felt like i got hit by -- stung by a thousand beetz just up and down my side and i figured i better goat some cover now in case another one comes and the whole night went quiet after that. >> is it tough to talk about? >> yeah. yeah, just a little. >> i bet. >> but, you know, it's what has to be...

>> and you see this mortar attack. what are you doing? >> i'm still, over here on tower three. still covering this area. to me, it looked like it hit right around here. we have no cover for mortar attacks. even the buildings, i'm surprised one didn't collapse. >> another explosion hits right here. when i heard another thump. that's when i jumped off the tower and moved back. got somewhere under here. and that's when the mortar hit and once that hit, it just, it was pitch-black and dead quiet. jack came over and said, hey, man, there's no movement and that's when i sprinted to the ladder and th...

Needs to be continuing firing. >> and you see this mortar attack happen. what are you doing? >> i'm still -- i'm over here on tower three, covering this area. to me, it looked like it hit right around here. we had no cover from mortar attacks. even in the buildings -- i'm surprised that one didn't collapse. another explosion hits right here. when i heard another thump, that's when i jumped off the tower and moved back and got somewhere right around here. and that's when the mortar hit. and once that mortar hit, it just -- it was pitch black and dead quiet. jack came over and said, hey, man, th...